My Child Headbutts Floor When Mad

What can i do to stop him from hurting himself.

My child headbutts floor when mad.

Head banging is a common behavior some babies use to self comfort or self stimulate. It is not hurting him he is not doing it very hard. Even picking up your child to stop the head butting is reinforcing the behavior says johnson. If we remove him from doing something eating dog food he will sit down on the floor and slowly lower his head to the floor and bang it 2 or 3 times.

Possible reasons your toddler may bang his head. My one year old will bang his head on the kitchen floor when he gets mad. My daughter used to smash her face on the floor when she was mad. My son is 18mth old and everytime he has a temper trantrum or gets told off he throws himself on the floor and headbutts it ive tried ignoring him so hell think well im not getting attention doing this so ill stop but when he sees hes getting ignored he does it harder so u have to tell.

I am still concerned but it is good to hear it is normal. Like any tantrum if you overreact or feed into it the child will realize that doing this bad behavior results in more attention. Often even well meaning parents don t understand their child s angry behavior. Up to 15 percent of babies and toddlers bang their head on purpose and boys are more likely to do it than girls.

Contact your youngster s doctor particularly if he shows signs of other developmental delays. Although temper tantrums are normal for toddlers by age 4 your child should be showing some self control. Temper tantrums are normal for very young children and lashing out with angry words is typical for adolescents. Because he is an 11 month old boy.

When your son is really mad try holding him gently on your bed. He will head butt us or just hit us if we tell him no and he will hit his head really hard on anything around him including hard surfaces like the floor or tables etc. Head banging also tends to. It s big and soft and the hard objects are a little more out of his.

Does anyone elses children do this and why. And although it may look alarming it s usually nothing to worry about. Laura we are having a problem with our 18 month old son hitting his head when he is frustrated or can t have what he wants. I just picked her up and put her in her crib because it was softer than the floor.

Hi im just wondering does anyone elses child headbutt the floor when they are having a temper tantrum. When my 1 year old son gets frusterated or mad he head butts the floor or whatever is around or he will hit himself in the head with his hand or binky. The best way to get your child to stop this action is to ignore it.